时间:2019-02-14 作者:英语课 分类:2017年Scientific American(二)月


英语课

 


It turns out the best looking thing on a man may be a good-looking woman. 


Researchers report that women find a man they see with an attractive woman more desirable than unattached men. That’s according to a study in the journal Evolutionary 1 Psychology 2. [Christopher D. Rodeheffer, Randi P. Proffitt Leyva and Sarah E. Hill, Attractive Female Romantic Partners Provide a Proxy 3 for Unobservable Male Qualities: The When and Why Behind Human Female Mate Choice Copying]


Researchers had two groups of female college students rate photos of men—all of whom had first been rated as being of average attractiveness. The first group of 148 women was shown pictures of those men with an attractive female. The subjects were told that the women in the photos were either a girlfriend, ex-girlfriend, cousin or adopted sister. And the subjects rated the men with the girlfriends as more desirable than the men shown with partners described as being exes or relatives.  


The second study group of 97 students were shown average looking men with an attractive woman who was described as definitely a girlfriend. And again the women rated the men with the good-looking gals 4 as more desirable than the single guys. Plus, the attached men were thought more likely to be more intelligent, trustworthy, humorous, wealthy and attentive 5


Researchers deduced that the women probably assume partnered-up men must have those qualities of smarts and personality to be an appropriate match for a good-looking mate. 


So, turns out that what many of us always suspected may be true—men look better when they’re a proven commodity.


—Erika Beras



adj.进化的;演化的,演变的;[生]进化论的
  • Life has its own evolutionary process.生命有其自身的进化过程。
  • These are fascinating questions to be resolved by the evolutionary studies of plants.这些十分吸引人的问题将在研究植物进化过程中得以解决。
n.心理,心理学,心理状态
  • She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
  • He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。
n.代理权,代表权;(对代理人的)委托书;代理人
  • You may appoint a proxy to vote for you.你可以委托他人代你投票。
  • We enclose a form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting.我们附上委任年度大会代表的表格。
abbr.gallons (复数)加仑(液量单位)n.女孩,少女( gal的名词复数 )
  • Jim came skipping out at the gate with a tin pail, and singing Buffalo Gals. 这时,吉姆手里提着一个锡皮桶,嘴中唱着“布法罗的女娃们”蹦蹦跳跳地从大门口跑出来。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
  • An' dey thinks dey wants mousy lil gals wid bird's tastes an' no sense at all. 他们想要的是耗子般的小姑娘,胃口小得像雀子,一点儿见识也没有。 来自飘(部分)
adj.注意的,专心的;关心(别人)的,殷勤的
  • She was very attentive to her guests.她对客人招待得十分周到。
  • The speaker likes to have an attentive audience.演讲者喜欢注意力集中的听众。
学英语单词
abdominal aortic aneurysm
acre-dale
amphigonous female
angelitos
Arakawa-ku
As Sījūmī
at advanced levels
automatic rhythmicity
bath cabinet
bedded vein
blacksmith's hammer
Blum's compress theorem
Carnobacterium
cercopithecoids
christenman
cockpit-controls
convergence line
cotton-picking
crenelation
cross-breeding
cyber communication
decorativeness
deepest subdivision loadline
Degos disease
devisee
diclofenac potassiums
Diftoran
discoid lupus erythematosus
equal leg angles
errorbars
fas est et ab hoste doceri
figwortflowerpicrorhizarhizome
forced down
general average counter guarantee
GM_also-as-well-or-too
go down the pan
going out of
hectometre
herpetic bridge
Holkham Hall
holographic structure
hootenannies
hot-water circulation
hydromodification
ice detection and protection system
impulverable
irrigation ditch outlet
isodihydronepetalactone
Italiot
Lady Mayoress
lag(g)ot sausage
lanifices
leukocytic studies
liquidators
loading of cargo
mamillate, mamillated
Manzan
Mehal Mēda
midfields
monolinguistic
monotube boiler
mutilatory
neidp
neuromuscular spindle
non-determinate
non-inherent
noncell
on present form
Paramphistomum cervi
parasitisms
paratones
penicillium superimpositus
petroleum yeast
Phthiridae
pinning on
pneumatic stepper drive
principal fuel supply
ProductName
quarter-wave line
range of load
refugee immigrant
safety collar
septum retractor
sexual cycle stage
sheet model
shield cooling air fan
slanting collision
solution by a triangle
sophisticator
spark-ignitions
ST_crime_death-penalties
standard labor
stereoscopists
Sunchang-gun
thrown fault
tube hole groove
Tubigan I.
unimmunized
unionize
unstratified drift
volumetric counting
wing loading